Mahogany Hodge is a mother, an entrepreneur, a teacher, a musician and so much more. This year, she also became a first-generation college graduate, fulfilling a dream of breaking generational curses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eryn Bostwick, 37, is postponing having kids due to her student-loan debt. As a first-generation college student, she believed ...

PORTAGE, MI -- In his first speech to the Portage Public Schools staff as their new superintendent, Johnny Edwards had his father nearby. Edwards used the opportunity to tell his family story and his ...

The First-Generation College Celebration (FGCC) is held annually across the country on Nov. 8 to raise awareness of first-generation students and commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act of ...

First-generation students make up about one-third of college applicants, according to 2024 data from the Common App, but only 24 percent of first-generation college students graduate with a bachelor’s ...

First-generation students face a host of barriers when they go to college. Terms commonly used in higher ed, like “registrar,” “provost” or “credit hours,” can be mystifying. They’re confronted with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLATTSBURGH — SUNY Plattsburgh will join colleges and universities across the country celebrating first-generation college ...

FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE MANY UNIQUE CHALLENGES WHEN TRYING TO NAVIGATE THEIR COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE. BUT AS OUR JADE JARVIS SHOWS YOU, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY IN BOCA RATON IS MAKING ...

Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt.Courtesy of Eryn Bostwick College was always the goal for Eryn Bostwick. As a first-generation college student, Bostwick, 37 ...

College was always the goal for Eryn Bostwick. As a first-generation college student, Bostwick, 37, said her parents wanted to ensure she had the opportunities they didn't have, and they believed that ...